Legal Opinion
Adonay Melendez v. Cheryl Pliler, Warden Attorney General of the State of California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 24, 2002No. 01-55272PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FOGEL, District Judge.
Adonay Melendez, a state prisoner, appealed his conviction on the ground that the admission of a co-defendant’s partially redacted statement impheating him in a murder violated his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation. The California Court of Appeal determined that Melendez had not objected timely to admission of the statement at trial and consequently had waived his right to assert his Sixth Amendment claim on appeal. The California Supreme Court affirmed, and Melendez filed the instant federal habeas petition. The district court determined that the Sixth…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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